Group Work for Math
101
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Teaching Tips for Working With
Groups
Teaching
Tips for Working With Groups
Acknowledgments
What is Group Work?
What are the benefits of Group Work?
Getting
Started
How to Grade?
Potential Problems and Possible Solutions
What Should You Do While Your Class Works in Groups?
Optimal Time For Group Work
Team
Performance
Agreement
Chapter 1.
Number Sense and Meaning of Formulas
Calculate
Your BMI
Chapter 2.
Linear Equations and Inequalities in
One Variable
Algebraic
Poetry
Calculate Your
Income
Chapter 3.
Functions, Graphs and Lines
Hurricane Season
( and the Tracking Chart)
Cigarette Ads (in: Instructor's Resource Manual, page 422)
Life Expectancy (in: Instructor’s Resource Manual, page 423)
Chapter 4.
Two Linear Equations With Two Unknowns
Which Honda Should You
Buy?
Photos of All Sizes (in: Instructor’s Resource Manual, page 426)
Chapter 5.
Polynomials
The Largest Box
Free Falling From Bridges
Chapter 6.
Rational Expressions
Calculate Your
Lottery Winning
Chapter 7. Radical
Expressions
Skid Marks (in: Instructor’s Resource Manual, page 433)
This collection of
Group Works is "under
construction". Come back often to see what was added and what has been
changed.
If you use any of
this material in your classroom I
would
greatly appreciate feedback. e-mail me: glaz@math.uconn.edux
(click on link and remove end x).
© 2004
by Sarah Glaz